MIAMI, Florida – Trinidad and Tobago dominated the Taste of the Caribbean Awards here on June 10, sweeping the medals rostrum with six gold medals and two silver medals, as well as the coveted awards for Caribbean National Team of the Year, Chef of the Year and Junior Chef of the Year. This is the […]
As tributes continue to pour in from around the world on the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, many are reflecting on the lasting impression he left on the Caribbean, especially when he fought his last fight and lost in The Bahamas in 1981. Ali, 74, who died June 3 after battling Parkinson’s disease for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Puerto Rico has been reeling under its debt crisis but there seems to be some relief with a bill called the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act which was supported last week by the House Natural Resources Committee. It will help the island to escape the crippling debt and help […]
By Gerald V. Paul “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it,”- Malcolm X (as seen in the ACLC office). Malcolm X’s mother Louise Little was born in Grenada, came to Canada and was eventually a follower of Jamaica’s Marcus Garvey, the […]
HAVANA, Cuba – Representatives of Cuba and the U.S. again updated the roadmap to normalization of ties between the two nations, including high-level visits in areas like health and agriculture. They also agreed to new exchanges on hydrography, the environment and the implementation of and compliance with law. At the end of the third meeting […]
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – Toni Morgan came out of Jane and Finch and graced Harvard, thanks to a crowd-funding bid that raised more than $95,000 to cover the fees for her masters of education and expenses. Now this once-homeless woman is offering her shoulders for other students out of Jane-Finch to climb on in an invitation […]
MIAMI, Florida – Soca on the Seas 2016 is carving out its own niche in the tourism, promotion and marketing of Trinidad and Tobago culture and entertainment. They are packaging it and taking it to new shores like never before. It is the first of a kind affair that brings together all the ingredients that make […]
MIAMI, Florida – The U.S. government and the Securities Exchange Commission on March 15 indicted Mark A. Jones, former chairman and VP of Global Gateway Solutions Inc., with defrauding retirees in a “bridge loan fund” Ponzi scheme. Jones was arrested in Miami on March 13 and on March 15 was bound over to Judge […]
HAVANA, Cuba – U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to restore ties with Cuba may have given him a revered spot in the heart of many Cubans. Crowds lined the roads here to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade: en route to a baseball game between U.S. and Cuban teams, thousands spilled into the streets […]
Tessanne Chin scored her first Billboard entry since 2014, with the ballad Love Suicide which debuts at No. 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. Love Suicide, released on Chin’s Chinita Entertainment label, is the first song by a Jamaican artist to make that Billboard list. It was written by Blu Jane, whose credits include […]
